Ali remains hospitalized with respiratory issues

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Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali remains hospitalized in the Phoenix area with respiratory issues.

In an email to The Associated Press on Friday, family spokesman Bob Gunnell said there was no update on Ali’s condition.

Bob Arum, who promoted a multitude of Ali fights, told ESPN’s Michele Steele, “I know it’s not looking good. He’s a fighter and he’s going to continue to fight.

The 74-year-old boxing great is fighting respiratory issues that are complicated by the Parkinson’s that he was diagnosed with in the 1980s, sources told AP.

In May 1965, Muhammad Ali was the subject of an iconic photograph, taken after he knocked down Sonny Liston in the first round of their fight. AP Photo/John Rooney

“He is being treated by his team of doctors and is in fair condition,” Gunnell said Thursday in a statement datelined from Phoenix, where Ali lives. “A brief hospital stay is expected. At this time, the Muhammad Ali family respectfully requests privacy.”

The fighter’s daughter, Laila Ali, said in a Facebook post on …

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